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Archive for the ‘Bike Parking’ Category

  • Celebrate Bike Valet!

    Check out the valet bike parking at Celebrate Brooklyn.

  • Bike Parking Respect in Chicago: McDonald’s Cycle Center

    Chicago's Millennium Park hosts of one of the most incredible amenities for cyclists in the United States: McDonald's Cycle Center. So sit back and take a most excellent tour with Bike And Roll's Josh Squire, who manages the facility through an agreement with the city.
    It's enough to make bike commuters in many cities drool. [...]

  • Hal Grades Your Bike Locking 3: The Final Warning!

    It's Bike Month - which means there are scads of neophytes out there nationwide giving cycling a try.  Oh goody!  But, oh baddy - it also means more improper locking - and we all know there are predators just licking their chops at the thought of stealing all or part of your bike. So we [...]

  • ASCOBIKE: Largest Bicycle Parking Facility in the Americas

    ASCOBIKE is located an hour out of São Paulo on the grounds of the commuter rail station in a city with zero bicycle infrastructure. And yet, ASCOBIKE houses 1700 bikes daily, and offers a series of social, legal and bicycle education services.

  • Alewife Station’s Bike Cage: Cambridge, Mass.

    In the greater Boston area, a secure bike parking facility for bikes has been erected at the end of the T's Red Line in Cambridge. It boasts one incredible amenity: it's completely free!
    Alewife station is perfectly situated at the edge of the burbs and perpendicular to The Minuteman Bikeway, one of the most popular rail [...]

  • NYC CityRacks Design Finalists

    The Department of Transportation along with Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Google and Transportation Alternatives have been sponsoring a CITYRACKS design competition. Yesterday, the designs of the ten finalists hit the streets and were put on display at the museum. The winner will be announced on October 24th. Make sure to check out the nearest public [...]

  • Portland Bike Parking: Corral vs Oasis

    Greg Raisman of the Portland Office of Transportation takes Streetfilms on a tour of bicycle parking facilities in Portland, Oregon. Watch the video and learn the pros and cons of on street bicycle parking (a bicycle corral) vs a sheltered bicycle parking oasis. And check out this article to read about the next bicycle parking [...]

  • Hal (and Kerri) Grade Your Bike Locking

    In our follow up to "Hal Grades Your Bike Locking," two experienced mechanics offer advice and grades on the bike locking ability of New Yorkers.

  • S.F. Giants: Valet Bike Parking 81 Games Per Year

    The San Francisco Giants offer free, convenient, attended bicycle parking at all 81 of their home games.

  • Trading Car Parking for Bike Racks

    In a historic move, the New York City Department of Transportation has replaced three car parking spaces in Williamsburg with on-street bike racks to accomodate about 30 bicycles.

  • Secure Bike Parking Just Cents Per Hour

    At many locations in the Bay Area you'll find electronic, on-demand Bike Link locking facilities where you can park your bike securely for between 3 to 5 cents per hour!

  • Bikestation: Berkeley

    Dave Campbell of the Bicycle-Friendly Berkeley Coalition gives us a quick tour of the Berkeley Bikestation, one of many innovative bike parking facilities in the East Bay area.

  • Hal Grades Your Bike Locking

    Mechanic Hal Ruzal from Bicycle Habitat grades the bike locking ability of New Yorkers. Avoid a bad grade and listen to his advice.